13  But I, ^dwhen they were sick—

I wore sackcloth;

I afflicted myself with ^efasting;

I prayed with head bowed¹ on my chest.

3  ‘Why have we fasted, and you see it not?

Why have we humbled ourselves, and you take no knowledge of it?’

Behold, in the day of your fast you seek your own pleasure,¹

and oppress all your workers.

5  Is such the fast that I choose,

a day for a person to humble himself?

Is it to bow down his head like a reed,

and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him?

Will you call this a fast,

and a day acceptable to the Lord?